Foods Named After People

Beef Wellington &#8722; Invented by the personal chef of Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington, who lived from 1769 to 1852.
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Tootsie Roll &#8722; A candymaker in New York invented the Tootsie Roll in 1896. He named it after his daughter Clara, whose nickname was Tootsie.
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Caesar Salad &#8722; Invented by chef Caesar Cardini in the restaurant of his Tijuana hotel, Hotel Caesar.
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Clementines &#8722; Named after French monk Père Clément Rodier, who discovered the little orange in North Africa in the early 20th century.
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Cobb Salad &#8722; Bob Cobb, the owner of The Brown Derby in L.A., invented the salad for himself as a late-night snack back in 1936.
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Eggs Benedict &#8722; There are two theories behind this one:<br>
1. A stockbroker named Lemuel Benedict said he thought up the dish while nursing a hangover at New York's Waldorf-Astoria in 1894.<br>
2. Delmonico's head chef Charles Ranhofer claimed that he invented it for the stockbroker LeGrand Benedict.
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Fettucine Alfredo - In the early 20th century chef Alfredo de Lelio invented a dish for his pregnant wife, which was fettucine with a whole lot of butter and Parmesan cheese.
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German Chocolate Cake &#8722; This cake has nothing to do with Germany. It was named in honor of Sam German, whose brand of baking chocolate (Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate) is a main ingredient in the cake.
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Graham Crackers - 1800s Presbyterian minister Sylvester Graham was a big proponent of living a puritan lifestyle and adhering to a strict vegetarian diet. His "Graham bread, " a staple of his Graham diet, was made from coarsely ground wheat flour.
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Granny Smith Apples &#8722; Marie Ana Smith invented this sour green apple by mistake in Australia in 1868.
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Nachos &#8722; Were invented by a maître d' named Ignacio Anaya - his nickname was Nacho.
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Salisbury Steak - Named after a doctor named James H. Salisbury in the late 1800s.
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